{"id":120905,"date":"2026-02-03T03:00:17","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T03:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/120905\/"},"modified":"2026-02-03T03:00:17","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T03:00:17","slug":"school-bullying-spiked-after-pandemic-ended-says-dinapoli","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/120905\/","title":{"rendered":"School bullying spiked after pandemic ended, says DiNapoli"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli during a news conference in 2016. Photo: Mike Groll\/AP<\/p>\n<p>STATEWIDE \u2014 OPEN BULLYING IS ON THE RISE, even exceeding pre-pandemic highs,  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.osc.ny.gov\/files\/local-government\/publications\/pdf\/2026-school-safety.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">says a new report<\/a> released on Monday, Feb. 2 from state Comptroller Thomas P. DiNapoli.<\/p>\n<p>The report examined seven years of data, both statewide and for NYC, from the New York State Education Department\u2019s School Safety and Educational Climate report. Bullying is the most frequently reported SSEC incident category. Reported bullying rates in New York City were on the rise before dropping sharply during the pandemic. After schools returned to full in-person learning, reported bullying incidents in New York City rose rapidly from 10.5 incidents per 1,000 pupils in SY 2019-20 (before the pandemic shutdown in March 2020) to 25.8 in SY 2023-24, which saw the most dramatic spike.<\/p>\n<p>Statewide, in-person bullying constituted 61.8% of all incidents reported, with a total of 29,718 bullying incidents reported, resulting in a rate of 12.4 incidents per 1,000 pupils. The uptick coincides with revisions in the Regulations of the Chancellor in 2021, which added examples of bullying and harassment and provided additional guidance on cyberbullying, among other matters.<\/p>\n<p>However, the SSEC data cyberbullying incident rates are very low, attributable to the possibility that many cyberbullying incidents go unreported because they are difficult to detect and anonymous.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\u2730\u2730\u2730<\/p>\n<p> <a style=\"font-size: inherit; background-color: #fefefe;\" href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/whats-news-breaking\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wnb-read-more aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/read-more-wnb-shad-1024x341.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"341\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSd5hEdpXLwpeWAPMPmcmdn--vHz1InXjphFdhedt_prXKoVFQ\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ultima-reader-response.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t<br \/>\n<a class=\"related-articles comment-link\" style=\"clear: both;padding-top:6px;color:#6cc4e8;\" href=\"#comments\" title=\"Leave a Comment\"\/><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/365540\/this-85-year-old-tugboat-is-why-youre-not-freezing-right-now\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/012926_tugboat_ice_break-01-250x250.webp.webp\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tugboat operators N.D. Austin and Jean Barberis use the barge to help break up ice in Newtown Creek, Jan. 29, 2026. Credit: Alex Krales\/THE CITY\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThis 85-year-old tugboat is why you\u2019re not freezing right now<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 2 |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrooklyn Eagle Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/280149\/barge-fire-on-newtown-creek-caused-smoke-plumes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Whats-News-BKLYN-post-sky-250x250.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBarge fire on Newtown Creek caused smoke plumes to float over Long Island City<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAugust 30 |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrooklyn Eagle Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/264913\/one-major-problem-to-preventing-nycs-return-to-a-clean-water\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Malinowski-and-the-Harbor-white-border-250x250.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"Bays within the city, like Wallabout Bay in the Brooklyn Navy Yard (shown above) have become cleaner, attracting more shore birds and aquatic life. But raw sewage in rainstorms wreaks havoc (Inset: Pete Malinowski). Photo: Mark Lennihan\/APInset courtesy of Pete Malinowski\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\tNYC\u2019s dramatic return to a clean water environment is within reach, but there\u2019s one major problem<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFebruary 22 |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrooklyn Eagle Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/brooklyneagle.com\/321940\/make-music-new-york-celebrates-the-summer-solstice\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/TugShoofly2019CR-250x250.jpg\" class=\"alignleft wp-post-image\" alt=\"Tug Shoofly. Photo: N.D. Austin\" decoding=\"async\"  \/><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\u2730PREMIUM<br \/>\u2018Make Music New York\u2019 celebrates the summer solstice with free music<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tJune 20 |<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBrooklyn Eagle Staff\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli during a news conference in 2016. 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